Effective September 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended Rule 506 of Regulation D to (1) permit, in certain circumstances, an issuer to engage in general solicitation and general advertising in connection with Rule 506...
Advertising Week’s Adfreak blog is giving an A to Georgia personal-injury lawyer Jamie Casino for his local Super Bowl ad, dubbing it “completely nuts and completely entertaining.’ The “insane ad” explaining Casino's transformation from a criminal-defense to personal-injury lawyer is a “two-minut
About a year ago, a group of private citizens paid for a seven-foot-tall granite monument of the Ten Commandments and gained approval for it to be placed on the north end of the Oklahoma Capitol grounds. Not surprisingly, a Satanic group then asked...
In This Issue: - Pa. Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provisions of Act 13 - Midstream Remains a Hot Spot in Marcellus & Utica Region - Marcellus Shale Responsible for $1.14 Billion in Deals - Marcellus Shale Wells Produce Less Wastewater than...
A longtime criminal defense attorney in Grand Forks, N.D., has had his law license suspended on an emergency basis Friday after being charged Thursday in a murder conspiracy.
This month, the UK Financial Conduct Authority formally authorised ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) to assume responsibility for the administration of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)....
Landowners assert a requirement that they provide an aircraft overflight easement before obtaining a building permit constitutes a taking of their property without just compensation. The court of appeal held that the overflight easement did not...
After several delays in implementation and enforcement by the California Energy Commission, California’s new energy use disclosure requirement commenced on January 1, 2014, for all non-residential buildings with a total gross floor area measuring...
In a nine to zero decision authored by Justice Breyer, the United States Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Federal Circuit and held that when a licensee seeks a declaratory judgment against a patentee that the licensee's products do not...
A California court ruled earlier this month that Overstock must pay a roughly $6.8 million penalty to settle claims that the retailer “routinely and systematically” made false and misleading claims about the prices of its products on its website. If...
